The Story of Adiyogi

Long ago, it is said, Lord Shiva sat in deep meditation upon the heights of Mount Kailash, lost in an ecstasy beyond the world. He was the Adiyogi, the very first yogi, in whom the science of yoga first awakened.

Seven seekers persevered for years to receive his knowledge. At last, on a day remembered as the first Guru Purnima, he turned to them as the Adi Guru and began to transmit the yogic sciences, which the seven sages carried across the world.

From that source flow all the paths of yoga, the methods by which a human being may transform and reach the divine.

The Meaning

As Adiyogi, Shiva is the origin of yoga itself, the one who first showed that a human being can evolve beyond their limits to union with the infinite. His meditation on Kailash is the image of perfect stillness and inner mastery. He stands as the eternal teacher of the path within.